Devs debate: Claude makes customizing enterprise software viable, exposing SaaS misaligned incentives
ivan_bezdomny · x · 2026-11-10
Ivan Bezdomny recalls having to write custom code on top of WorkDay at a big company — 'unpleasant, but would have been easier with Claude.' Stan Yurin points out SaaS's core tension: user interests rarely align with the vendor's, far less evident in the pay-once era. As AI makes 'manage your own software' viable, the industry may need a profitable new model — though both agree not everyone wants self-maintained software, and Claude still needs fewer mistakes and better self-maintenance.
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